The News-Times February 21, 2020 The Summit at Danbury Plans by Summit Development, basesd in the Southport section of Fairfield, call for transforming the 1.2 million-square-foot Matrix Corporate Center, formerly the world headquarters of Union Carbide. Summit’s $18 million purchase of the west side property in 2018 is just the start of its investment in [...]
i95rock.com February 3, 2020 Formerly known as the Matrix, now named The Summit at Danbury, is being called a "city within a city." The 1.2 million-square-foot building rests on 5,000 pillars and consists of 15 interconnected buildings around a central core, and was originally built to house 3,000 Union Carbide employees. The building has gone [...]
The News-Times February 1, 2020 DANBURY — For years, the 1.2 million-square-foot former Union Carbide world headquarters near the woods on the west side of the city sat mostly empty. Now, the vision of turning the massive, hollowed-out building into a thriving destination for employers, tenants and the public is coming to pass. “It’s essentially [...]
Fairfield County Business Journal January 3, 2020 “We’re in a different business here.” Developer Felix Charney was speaking of the changes that have taken place at The Summit at Danbury, formerly the Matrix Corporate Center, since his Southport-based Summit Development acquired it for $17 million in October 2018. What was an aging, dark and mostly [...]
Danbury News-Times December 20, 2019 With the telltales of an ice storm preserved near perfectly on tree branches on a sunny December day, the approach to the newly rechristened Summit at Danbury was nothing short of spectacular. As for the colossal building itself, after a long freeze for commercial leasing? The new owner is showing [...]
Plastics News October 30, 2019 The Society of Plastics Engineers is on the move — to Danbury, Conn. SPE opened its new headquarters Oct. 30, moving from offices in nearby Bethel, Conn. The second week in November will be a busy one, as SPE employees from around the world will come to the new headquarters [...]
Fairfield County Business Journal February 4, 2019 It’s a great time right now to be developing property in Connecticut — we’re definitely keeping busy.” So says Southport-based Summit Development Founder, CEO, President and Principal Felix Charney. The developer seems to always have a number of deals cooking, the most recent of which is the acquisition [...]
New England Real Estate Journal October 26, 2018 Summit Development closed on the purchase of the former Union Carbide headquarters property for $17 million. The discounted price will allow Summit Development to renovate and reposition the 1.2 million s/f complex and offer the lowest class A office rents in Fairfield and Westchester Counties. Plans call [...]